Inspirations

This is the fifth annual Southwest Florida workforce overview study providing key information about industries, occupations, employment gaps, and projected job growth. The study is divided into three major sections:...

Community Foundations and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Community foundations, no matter where in the world they are based, share a major trait: they work with partners in their communities to solve...

U.S. taxpayers late last year poured money into charitable-giving vehicles known as donor advised funds that allow immediate deductions and gradual distributions to nonprofits, a sign that the new tax...

This report, a joint effort by the Council on Foundations and Foundation Center, examines the current state and recent trends in
international giving and engagement by large U.S. community foundations....

This cookbook grew out of the Food Security Through Community Action project, funded by the Southwest Florida Community Foundation and managed by Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. Focused on...

This FGCU publication, the Chautauqua, is focused on collaboration in our efforts to address the economics, equity, and environment that are the “triple bottom line” of sustainability. The Southwest Florida...

Philanthropy is undergoing significant transformation. These changes are bringing both challenges and opportunities for nonprofits to recalibrate their approaches to engaging, stewarding, and retaining donors, as well as structuring overall...

Congratulations to the Southwest Florida Community Foundation board of trustees and senior advisors celebrating 40 years of philanthropy. The anniversary events were kicked off tonight with the awarding of the...

The Southwest Florida Community Foundation is leading an emergent process of collective impact and capacity building. The Foundation’s regional initiative and collective impact work, including the FutureMakers Coalition, is explored...

When balancing financial goals for retirement, charitable giving, and what is left to heirs, an Individual Retirement Account is normally set aside to provide additional retirement income and benefit heirs....

Nate Swan expects to hire 2,000 account executives during the next five years as sales of proprietary business technology research and advisory services continue to grow internationally at Gartner’s Fort...

Members of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation visited the Hendry County Education Task Force Tuesday to announce a new regional initiative called the FutureMakers Coalition.
The FutureMakers Coalition is intended to...

Jack Hess wants Southwest Florida regional leaders to move from “protecting turf to building trust.”
Hess, the executive director for the Institute for Coalition Building in Columbus, Indiana, threw out the...

How local leaders are trying to close the higher education gap and diversify the workforce.
For most Southwest Florida adults, education stopped at high school.
Just 27 percent of working-aged people in...

For a remarkable fourth consecutive year, all 167 seniors at Urban Prep Academies schools have been accepted at four-year colleges or universities this fall.
Students of the two Chicago public charter...

We are big fans of frank and the UF public interest communications program, this is why. They monitor news that affects our causes. Check it out.
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